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Top 10 Most Important Technological Inventions of the 21st Century

1. iPhone

2. iPad

3. Google's Driverless Car

4. Electric-Car Charging Stations

5. Flip Mino

6. Nintendo Wii

7. Google Android

8. The Tesla Roadster

9. YouTube

10. Facebook

http://www.infoniac.com/hi-tech/top-10-most-important-inventions-of-the-21st-century-in-technology.html

  

The Photophone

HackaweekTV. "The Photophone". Online video clip. Youtube. Youtube,2 June 2011. Web. 11 May 2013.

Telephone

Alexander Graham Bell 1892

http://www.neatorama.com/2010/03/04/sounds-like-the-life-of-brilliant-man-neat-facts-about-alexander-graham-bell/

Phonograph

Handy, Levin C. Thomas Edison and his early phonograph. 18 Apr. 1878. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edison_and_phonograph_edit1.jpg>

Revolving Machine Gun

RockIslandAuction. "Original Colt M1883 Gatling Gun At April Auction". Online video clip. Youtube. Youtube, 13 March 2012. Web. 11 May. 2013.

See and hear Morse Code

greedonever. "See and hear Morse Code".Online Video. Youtube. Youtube, 27 Apr. 2009. Web. 5 May 2013.

How Technology Has Impacted Relationships

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdqLZabeCzw

The Dangers of Facebook: Social Media's New Twist on Society

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58YaQQYmmpo

Technology has created "An Ever Changing World"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuKu6PZXCIY

Technology Timeline 1830-2013

1830- Lawn mower invented by Edwin Beard Budding.

1831- Von Liebig discovers chloroform Faraday discovers electro-magnetic current, making possible generators and electric engines.

1834- Braille invented by Louis Braille.

1834- Refrigerator invented by Jacob Perkins.

1834- Combine harvester invented by Hiram Moore.

1835- Morse code invented by Samuel Morse Revolver invented by Samuel Colt.

1838- Electric telegraph invented by Charles Wheatstone (also Samuel Morse) Daguerre perfects the Daguerreotype.

1839- Vulcanization of rubber invented by Charles Goodyear.

1842-Anesthesia invented by Crawford Long.

1843- Typewriter invented by Charles Thurber.

1846- Sewing machine invented by Elias Howe.

1846- Rotary printing press invented by Richard M. Hoe Pneumatic tire patented
Elias Howe invents the sewing machine.

1849- Safety pin invented by Walter Hunt Monier develops reinforced concrete.

1859- Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species Etienne Lenoir demonstrates the first successful gasoline engine.

1862- Revolving machine gun invented by Richard J. Gatling Isaac Singer commercializes the sewing machine.

1862- Mechanical submarine invented by Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol.

1866- Dynamite invented by Alfred Nobel Lister demonstrates the use of carbolic antiseptic.

1869- Mendeleev produces the Periodic Table.

1870- Stock ticker invented by Thomas Alva Edison.

1873- Christopher Sholes invents the Remington typewriter James Clerk Maxwell states the laws of electro-magnetic radiation.

1876- Gasoline carburetor invented by Daimler.

1877- Phonograph invented by Thomas Alva Edison.

1877- Microphone invented by Emile Berliner.

1878- Cathode ray tube invented by William Crookes Edison invents the incandescent lamp.

1880- Photophone invented by Alexander Graham Bell.

1883- First skyscraper built in Chicago (ten stories). Maxim invents the machine gun.

1885- Motor cycle invented by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach Benz develops first automobile to run on internal- combustion engine.

1888- Hertz produces radio waves.

1888-Eiffel Tower is built.

1891- Zipper invented by Whitcomb L. Judson Rudolf Diesel invents diesel.

1893- Wireless communication invented by Nikola Tesla.

1895- Diesel engine invented by Rudolf Diesel Radio signals were invented by Guglielmo Marconi Auguste and Louis Lumiere develop Cinematograph Roentgen discovers X-rays.

1898- Remote control invented by Nikola Tesla.

1900- Planck develops quantum theory. First Zeppelin is built.

1901- Vacuum cleaner invented by Hubert Booth.

1903- Powered airplane invented by Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright.

1905- Einstein writes the Theory of Relativity.

1907- Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere Helicopter invented by Paul Cornu
 Radio amplifier invented by Lee DeForest.

1908- Henry Ford mass-produces the Model T.

1909- Bakelite invented by Leo Baekeland.

1919- London to Paris air service begins. James Smathers develops the first electric typewriter.

1923- Sound film invented by Lee DeForest Television Electronic invented by Philo Farnsworth.

1924- Electro Mechanical television system invented by John Logie Baird.

1926- Robert Goddard experiments with liquid-fueled rockets.

1928- Antibiotics, penicillin invented by Alexander Fleming.

1931- Iconoscope invented by Vladimir Zworykin.

1937- Jet engine invented by Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain Alan Turing develops the concept of a theoretical computing machine.

1938- Ballpoint pen invented by Laszlo Biro.

1943- Enigma: Adolf Hitler uses the Enigma encryption machine Colossus: Alan Turing develops the the code-breaking machine Colossus. Aqua-Lung invented by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan.

1945- The atomic bomb. (Fatman, and Little Boy).

1946- Microwave oven invented by Percy Spencer.

1951- Nuclear power reactor invented by Walter Zinn.

1956- Optical fiber invented by Basil Hirschowitz, C. Wilbur Peters, and Lawrence E. Curtiss Videocassette recorder invented by Ampex.

1957- Sputnik I and Sputnik II: Sputnik I and Sputnik II are launched by the Russians.

1958- Silicon chip: The first integrated circuit, or silicon chip, is produced by the US Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce.

1960- Laser invented by Theodore Harold Maiman.

1961- Uri Gagarin is the first man in space Optical disc invented by David Paul Gregg.

1963- Computer mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.

1967- Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) invented by John Shepherd-Barron Hypertext invented by Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson.

1968- Video game console invented by Ralph H. Baer.

1969- The moon landing - Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon.

1971- E-mail invented by Ray Tomlinson Liquid Crystal Display invented by James Fergason.
 Pocket calculator invented by Sharp Corporation. Floppy Disk invented by David Noble with IBM.

1973- Ethernet invented by Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs Personal computer invented by Xerox PARC.

1983- Camcorder invented by Sony.

1984- Apple reveals thier first computer, Mac.

1990- World Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee.

2001- Digital satellite radio.


2002 - Birth control patch invented by Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical.

2003 - Toyota's first hybrid car was invented. 

2004 - Adidas 1 (the thinking shoes with a built-in microprocessor that decides how soft or firm support the wearer needs) was invented.

2005 - YouTube was invented by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. 

2008 - Smog-earing cement, high altitude flying windmills, bionic contacts, and pig-urine plastic were invented.

2009 - A new computer interface called the "Sixth Sense," and a retinal implant for the blind were invented. 

2011 - Fabrics made from raw milk, a new kind of photography, an electronic bloodhound, and the world's smallest ink jet printer were invented. 

http://www.history-timelines.org.uk/events-timelines/12-technology-timeline.htm

1984-Mac Computer is Shown

The One That Started It All.

With every great invention there is always somebody trying to make the product better.  Apple began doing that and developed the Macintosh computer.  This computer featured a mouse, and graphical user interface and was rather successful doing it.  Steve Jobs first showed the Macintosh computer on January 24, 1984 and the rest soon became history.


More on the early Mac below.

http://oldcomputers.net/macintosh.html

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa051599.htm

1968-Video Games Arrive

Top: Shows Video Games From Back Then With Ralph Baer.
Bottom: Shows Video Games Today.

In 1968 Ralph Baer made the first ever video game console that was able to run several different games on a TV.  Ever since the first game console was made, video game companies throughout the years have been making better advancements in the video game industry.  Todays games are more realistic than ever and are getting better every year.

More on video games down in the links.

http://www.bmigaming.com/videogamehistory.htm

http://www.ralphbaer.com/video_game_history.htm

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcomputer_videogames.htm

1946-Creation of the Microwave

Percy and the Microwave.

An invention that was made by mistake.  Percy Spencer is credited for inventing the first microwave oven.  This invention was made when Percy stood in front of a active radar and the candy bar in his pocket melted.  After this Percy and his fellow colleagues began to investigate this with other foods and the rest in history. 

For more information click on the links below.

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/08/the-microwave-oven-was-invented-by-accident-by-a-man-who-was-orphaned-and-never-finished-grammar-school/

http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/spencer.html

1937-Jet Engine

Frank Whittles Jet Engine Patent.

Developed by Hans von Ohain and Sir Frank Whittle the jet engine was a major develpoed for both military and commerical use.  The jet engine allowed airplanes to move faster and opened up new oportunites for airplanes over the next few decades. 

Click on the links below to get further information.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bljetengine.htm

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/jet_engine.htm

1903-Invention of the Airplane




First Airplane.

On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers-who were a pair of self-taught engineers from Dayton, Ohio-ushered in an new era that would impact the world forever, the era of flight.  This new era began when the two brothers created the world's first ever airplane near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.  The wright brothers airplane was only off the ground for 12 seconds but it was enough to launch the brothers into aeronautical history. 

For more on the wright brothers and the beginning of the airplane click on the links below. 

http://www.history.com/videos/wright-brothers#wright-brothers

http://www.1920-30.com/aviation/